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The world's real rulers: central banks operating in secret
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-05-15 15:31 Section: Daily DispatchesEU Officials Plotted IMF Attack to Bring Rebellious Italy to Its Knees
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, May 15, 2014
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100027284/eu...
Andy Hoffman: Speck-tacular analysis
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-05-14 22:45 Section: Daily Dispatches10:40p ET Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Andy Hoffman, market analyst for the Miles Franklin coin and bullion dealership in Minnesota, today commented enthusiastically about GATA consultant Dimitri Speck's book, "The Gold Cartel." Hoffman's commentary is headlined "Speck-tacular Analysis" at it's posted at the Miles Franklin Internet site here:
What has the Swiss National Bank been doing with the country's gold reserves?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-05-14 21:58 Section: Daily Dispatches10p ET Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Prompted by the research done this week by Turd Ferguson of the TF Metals Report showing that Switzerland's gold reserves probably were mobilized surreptitously for the smashing of the gold price in the last few years --
http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/5731/turdville-love-open-letter-good-...
London silver fix to end in August, with Deutsche Bank sticking around until then
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-05-14 08:21 Section: Daily DispatchesLondon Silver Fix to Be Scrapped from August
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Veronica Brown
Reuters
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The London silver "fix," a global benchmark for spot silver prices, will cease to operate after Aug. 14, the company that administers the process said today, amid rising regulatory scrutiny of price setting in bullion markets.
Traders may have gained early word on Fed policy, study finds
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-05-13 19:43 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Matthew Boesler
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Some investors between 1997 and 2013 may have gotten early word of changes to Federal Reserve policy and profited by trading before the Fed announced the policy shifts, according to Singapore-based researchers.
New York Sun: The dwindling Fed
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-05-13 19:21 Section: Daily Dispatches7:20p ET Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The Federal Reserve Board has many vacancies, the New York Sun observes today, but Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is threatening to delay appointments to the board unless the Senate permits a vote of his proposed Federal Reserve Transparency Act, the legislation championed by his father, former Rep. Ron Paul.
Chinese fund offers 46% premium for Laotian gold miner
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-05-13 10:02 Section: Daily DispatchesGuangdong Rising Bids $1 Billion for Copper Miner PanAust
By Byron Kaye and Sonali Paul
Reuters
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
China's Guangdong Rising Assets Management has proposed a A$1.1 billion ($1 billion) takeover offer for copper and gold miner PanAust Ltd., the second bid for an Australian resources firm by a Chinese state-owned company in two weeks.
TF Metals Report: Swiss gold was used to bomb the price and now it's gone
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-05-12 22:32 Section: Daily Dispatches10:34p ET Monday, May 12, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Western gold heading East must be from central banks, Eric Sprott says
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-05-12 21:24 Section: Daily Dispatches9:24p ET Monday, May 12, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Too much gold is being refined in the West for it not to be coming out of central bank vaults to feed Asia's huge demand for the monetary metal, Sprott Asset Management CEO Eric Sprott tells Sprott Money News in an eight-minute audio interview here:
Inflation is everywhere except in the news, GoldMoney's Turk tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-05-12 20:08 Section: Daily Dispatches8:07p ET Monday, May 12, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk takes a detailed look at commodity prices and concludes that inflation is everywhere except in the mainstream financial news media. Turk's comments come in an interview with King World News excerpted here: